Compassionate Action for Animals


Compassionate Action for Animals is a Minneapolis-based animal advocacy non-profit focused on raising awareness on factory farming and promoting vegetarianism.

History

CAA was formed in early 1998 in order to pursue "strategic nonviolence" as a path towards animal rights. This is a strategy based on the principles of non-violent action defined by Gene Sharp. These principles of strategic non-violence are reflected in CAA's current core values.
The name Compassionate Action for Animals was adopted in May 1998. In June 1999, CAA became a 5013 non-profit organization after merging with the Animal Liberation League, another local animal rights organization with a very similar approach and philosophy.
In 1999, CAA began working on its Ban Battery Cages campaign, which culminated in the open rescue of over ten egg-laying hens from a battery cage facility, the first such rescue in the US. CAA's investigation and rescue campaign was based on a similar campaign which was first done by Animal Liberation Victoria in Australia.
CAA is active as a student group at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus, as well as in the larger Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. Its focus is on outreach, education and community-building events.

Activities and campaigns

CAA has an office in the Whittier Neighborhood at 2100 First Ave South, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55404